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President Donald Trump on Monday shrank two wilderness national monuments in Utah by at least half in the biggest rollback of public land protection in U.S. history, drawing praise from pro-development lawmakers and a lawsuit from environmentalists. Trump’s announcement followed months of review by the Interior Department after he ordered the agency in April to identify which of 27 monuments - protected areas designated by past presidents - should be rescinded or resized to give states and local governments more control of the land. "Some people think that the natural resources of Utah should be controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats located in Washington. And guess what? They’re wrong," Trump said in the state capitol alongside Utah's Republican governor, Gary Herbert, the Utah congressional delegation and local county commissioners. Unlike national parks that can only be created by an act of Congress, national monuments can be designated unilaterally by … [Read more...] about Trump outlines big cuts to Utah monuments, environmentalists sue